Risk Management in Health Care Institutions: Limiting Liability and Enhancing Care ISBN-978-1449645656

A primer for risk management professionals, this text covers the fundamentals of risk management, employment practices, and general risk management strategies. It also discusses specific risk areas, such as medical malpractice, liability reduction strategies, managing positions, and litigation alternatives. This edition focuses on outpatient medicine and the risks associated with electronic medical records. It covers academic medical settings and the impact on healthcare delivery, ambulatory and outpatient surgery, and office-based surgery (OBS). All chapters will be updated, and there will be a greater focus on electronic medical records, including security and encryption issues. New chapters include Risk Management for Infection Control Programs, Telemedicine, Risk Management in Ambulatory Care Settings, and Risk Management in Office-Based Surgery.